The design of the new exhibits started this week. The layout includes finding new neighbors for the rhinos, which will be moved from Pachyderm Hill into a new 13-acre area, and for the first time in years, the zoo will have elephants.

“What you're going to see is elephants, but you're going to see an African Savannah, a big, wide-open African savannah where we're going to mix several species,” Pate said.